Off-Broadway ‘Grinch’ Parody Defeats Copyright Claims
Leaving coal in the stocking of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a federal judge found no copyright infringement in a ribald off-Broadway satirist’s take on “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
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White Actor Accuses Comedy Club of Ignoring Racial Harassment
A white Second City actor sued the famous Chicago comedy club, claiming he was cut from a show after complaining that a black cast member called him “White Jesus” and said she wishes that all white people were dead.
Read moreJudge Advances Fight Over Zorro Musical
The creator of a musical about the masked vigilante Zorro can move ahead with a lawsuit claiming the character is in the public domain, and that a company purporting to own the rights to Zorro is wrongly deterring the musical from making its stage debut.
Read more‘Hamilcon’
On the heels of securities charges over a ticket-resale scheme involving the Broadway megahit “Hamilton,” a class of shareholders blames due-diligence failures by Tripoint Global Equities for buoying a Ponzi scheme that has quickly become known as “Hamilcon.”
Read morePlaywright Takes on Grinches at Seuss Headquarters
In a federal complaint against Dr. Seuss Enterprises, a New York playwright wants damages for shutting down his raunchy, off-Broadway parody of “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.”
Read more‘Anastasia’ on Broadway Faces Copyright Squabble
The French heir to a 1952 play about the Romanov princess Anastasia is fighting in federal court to squeeze the brakes on a Broadway adaptation by Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally.
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